Monday, October 27, 2008

These two pictures (above) were taken at the Thanksgiving Point tropical room. The lighting was just perfect for me to get a time delayed waterfall picture. I love how the water splashes into a blur at the bottom.

These three pictures were taken up Yellow Fork Canyon. Most of the leaves have already changed colors, but it is fun to see the little things like the moss and the berries hanging around still to create contrast in a picture.

Also, it was interesting to take the picture of my son, with his green sweater, against the red/brown backdrop of plants that used to be green.

The other night we drove around the industrial area of West Jordan out by the brick factory. We found several buildings that have metal siding. I had the kids jump out and stand by the wall while I snapped pictures. I think the color contrast turned out the best with these.

Today I took the kids up to Snowbird because they had a special deal for riding the tram. If you bring a canned food, you get a free ride up the tram. We brought some cans and rode the tram up to the very top. It was really cold and the ground was covered with snow. We quickly ran into the warming hut to wait out the remanider of the time until the tram left (20 minutes). On our way out I was snapping pictures of the kids as they were coming down the stairs of the warming hut. When I took this one, I was blown away. I couldn't believe how naturally perfect it was. There is no post-editing of this picture!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

It is really interesting trying to remember how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings all affect how the picture turns out. In the past 24 hours, I have taken literally hundreds of pictures. With each setting, I would change the shutter speed up and down. Then I would change the aperture up and down, and so on. Once I found several pictures that I liked for each setting, I adjusted them in Adobe Photoshop.

The original picture of the candy jar didn't have much (if any purple). I had to bring that color out.

I really love changing the settings in Photoshop to see what fun colors or contrast I can bring out. Please feel free to comment on any of these pictures. I would love to hear what you think, and if there are ways I could improve them.

Well, I did it. I took the plunge and bought a new Digital SLR camera. I am pretty excited. It has quite a few awesome features and capabilities. All of the pictures posted here on this blog, and on the family blog have been with a regular point and shoot digital camera.

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